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February 16th, 2012

In a clearly political overreaction, Clear Channel Communications has suspended KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles-based talk radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou for their pointed, but honest, comments over the death of singer Whitney Houston and her long-term drug addiction.

Ramos

Thursday, February 16, 2012 – 03:00 p.m.

Looks can be deceiving.

And they usually are.

An interesting little tidbit recently emerged in the plethora of baggage coming to light in the quest of San Manuel tribal chair James Ramos’ quest to unseat incumbent Neil Derry on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors.

A federal judge this week ruled against the Service Employees International Union in a lawsuit that claimed the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department retaliated against the union’s chief labor negotiator for her involvement in the organization.

A memorial is displayed of late The Mug restaurant owner Tony Trozera, 82, at the restaurant in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Trozera, along with his family restaurant, were well known in the community. (Rachel Luna / Staff Photographer)

SAN BERNARDINO –Tony Trozera was the type of man who was always moving as he served up well-known dishes, banter and sober advice to his customers at The Mug, but he found time every Friday for the better part of three decades to place fresh flowers on the restaurant booth where his mother had always sat.

New Southern California homes are selling at the slowest paces on record, but the wood frames of new houses under construction at the Rosena Ranch development near Fontana are a sign that builders are still willing to invest in the Inland Empire.

Cook

Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer Posted: 02/15/2012 12:14:24 PM PST

Legislation that aims to discourage corruption by elected officials’ staff members by denying them public pension benefits if they’re criminally convicted has been introduced by Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Yucaipa.

The Southland’s housing market is flooded with cash-rich, bargain-hunting investors snapping up distressed homes and dragging down overall prices — but their presence also indicates the market could be nearing bottom.